Why does sharing photos have to be this annoying?

2016-03-09

But, of course lawyers get involved and now they want to send me a licensing
form for me to sign. It doesn't say anything particularly bad, it's just half
the point of CC−BY is "you don't need to ask because there's an official
license".

I get they want to make sure it's not a stolen image and get an actual
signature. It's more that printing out the form, which will cost a few cents
and my time to find a printer or put the form on a USB and walk to the library.
Then sign it. Then find a scanner and scan it or take a picture with my phone.
Then send it back. Is just more than I want to do really. Given they're not
paying me why do I want to spent even 15 minutes dealing with his form?

Even if I just photoshop my signature in it's still more work than I really
want to deal with. On top of which the one scary part is if they get sued about
the pic then they'll pass that on to me. It's a nothing special picture of some
statues on the Louvre so I have no idea what those rules are.